SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Flash Mob, Idle No More, Deep Ecology
7 Oct 2016
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Studies interaction between human society and the physical environment. Dramatic changes humans are causing to the environment. Environmental sociology: study of interaction between human society and the physical environment. Anthropocentrism: the view that human beings are separate from, and above, the rest of naturethe assumption that the environment exists for the pleasure and exploitation of human beings. Perspective that understands human beings as the most important organisms on the planet and the physical environment merely exists for our use. The protection of the environment simply for future generations is anthropocentric. A company"s balance sheet according to profit, people, and the planet. Environmental racism: a form of discrimination against minority groups and people from poor/er countries who are subjected to a disproportionate share of environmental hazards and polluting industries. Landfills in houston in the 70s: sociologists discovered that the majority of the landfills, whether private or city, were in communities consisting of predominantly black individuals.
